Stenciling tape



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STENC ILING TAPE Filed April 8, 1935 (l lllllll llllllllll lll!!! a 5IIIIIIIIIIl\\ \\\Y .J INVENTOR,

ATTORNEYS.

Patented May 19, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STENCILING TAPE Herbert E. Gragg', Kansas City, Mo.

Application April 8, 1935, Serial No. 15,245

4 Claims. (CL 101-427) a plurality of stencil-forming sheets held together by a cover which overlies one side thereof, and having adhesive over the other sides of certain of the stencil-forming sheets so that when the cover is lifted from all of the said sheets, one of the latter is carried therewith to leave the others in spaced-apart relation for the purpose of creating a pattern in the form -of a cavity which exposes part,of the work that is to be painted.

Other objects of this invention will appear during the course of the specification, referring to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of stenciling tape embodying this invention and showing the same in use.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, cross sectional view through the tape, and,

Fig. 3 is a stretch-out view illustrating the parts of the stenciling tape after parts thereof have been separated to leave other parts affixed to the work.

In practice, it has been found difficult to mask certain parts of work so as to leave set-off areas thereof that receive the paint. Where ordinary stencils have been used without adhesives to hold them in place, slipping occurs and uneven outlines result. The tape embodying this invention may be quickly applied and after its application, the paint may be brushed or sprayed on without danger of under running or smearing.

The use of tape embodying this invention also permits quickly striping an article without the use of striping materials or machines of the character that are now available.

One preferred form of the tape embodying the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and the numeral 4 designates work, the surface of which is to be decorated with some sort of design. The stenciling tape per se is made from heavy fibrous material such as paper, or other flexible substance, and the stencilforming sheets include pattern member 6 and members 8 and In. These three members 6, 8

and I, should be formed by slitting or otherwise weakening the material of a unitary sheet along the line setting off the design.

I A cover I2 is substantially commensurate in area with the combined areas ofsheets 6, 8 and I0, and is secured to one side thereof by adhesive M, which usually is employed in the manufacture of masking tape in that its body remains tacky so that cover [2 may be peeled away from the stencil-forming .sheets, as shown in Fig. 1.

To complete the advantages to be gained by this invention, adhesive 16 should be spread over the opposite or outer sides of certain of the stencil-forming sheets. In the instance illustrated, adhesive I6 is spread over the outer faces of sheets 8 and I 0. The design-forming sheet 6 does not have adhesive over the outer adhesive should be of lesser strength than adhesive H which secures together cover l2 and sheets 6, 8 and I0.

When the stenciling tape is aflixed to the work 4, cover I2 is raised and discarded. There remains spaced-apart sheets 8 and In which form a cavity or recess I8, bottomed by the work 4; Paint or coloring material 20 may then be quickly applied without regard for evenness of line, and when this paint is sufilciently dried, sheets 8 and I0 may be quickly removed, as is the case with masking material now well known in the art. The time of removal depends, 01' course, upon the type of paint used, and such removal should be done only after the paint is sufficiently set to preclude running.

Obviously, any design may be created by altering the form of pattern member 6 and in the case of mere striping, this design may be reduced to nothing more than a ribbon-shaped area set ofi between the parallel, spaced-apart edges or sheets andthe member: adhesive between the cover and stencil-forming sheets and said member to maintain the same assembled; and ad- I hesive over the other sides of said stencil torm- 'ing sheets. said pstterni'orming member being without adhesive over the outer side thereof.

2. Btenciling tape comprising a plurality oi stencil-tanning sheets; a pattern i'orming memher: a cover overlying one side at all of said ,ing sheets and cover; and adhesive over the,

other side of the said remainingsheets.

4.8teneiling tape a plurality oi stencil-forming sheets; a pattern forming member: a cover overlying one side of all oi said sheets and the pattern forming member and being substantially commensurate in area therewith; adhesive between thegcover' and stencils forming sheets and pattern iormingmember' to secure the sametogether; and adhesive over the other sides of said stencil-forming sheets,

[said pattern Iorming member being intermediate at least two or the stencil-forming sheets and being without adhesive over the outer side thereof, said pattern forming member adhering to the said cover when the latter is peeled from the said stencil-forming sheets after the same have been secured to the work by the adhesive over the said other sides thereof, whereby to form a design recess betweenat least two of said stencil-forming members, bottomed by 20 the face 0! the work.

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